Ms Georgina Cannon

Georgina has been working as a professional fundraiser for non-profit institutions for over 15 years.

She began her career working with international NGOs before moving into higher education first of all at London Business School and now at the University of Cambridge.

Georgina is Head of Major Gifts for the central University and its academic schools and departments.

She leads a team that builds relationships with individual philanthropists, charitable trusts and corporations in order to support the education and research priorities of the University.

In a voluntary capacity Georgina has just completed two terms of office as a Trustee of Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity, an initiative set up in memory of Roald Dahl that seeks to improve the lives of chronically ill children and their families.